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INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS REGARDING CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

We are commited to keeping our most vulnerable patients and staff as safe as possible, therefore we have suspended all routine face-to-face GP appointment bookings. Patients who had an appointment booked will be telephoned by a GP at the time of the original appointment. If you have not spoken to a doctor please do not attend the surgery.

In line with the latest advice, if you have a high temperature or new, continuous cough you should self-isolate for a period of 7 days. There is no need to contact either the surgery or NHS111.

We are currently accepting new NHS patients, to register with us there are two forms you need to complete. Please download the forms listed above or drop into the surgery to get a copy. Once complete please return these to reception, please note registration takes one week. If you require treatment on a more urgent basis then please inform the receptionist.

Where necessary we will require documentary evidence to support a registration request (see ‘Entitlement to Register’ below). All patients registering with the Practice have a right to express a preference for a male or female practitioner and will be asked to indicate their preference on the registration form. We will also ask patients to make an appointment with the Practice Nurse for a New Registration Examination. During this examination, the nurse will carry out full health screening i.e. blood pressure, height, weight, and, past and present medical history. Please Note: Medical cards are not issued routinely. Thames Valley Primary Care Agency will only issue medical cards if a request is made in writing (see ‘Useful Telephone Numbers’).

Entitlement to Register

Patients will be entitled to register as an NHS patient and to receive free care if they:

are 'ordinarily resident' in the UK with a 'settled purpose', or

present an E128 valid for treatment in the UK, or

present an E112 which relates to the same treatment as required by the patient, or

are a refugee who has been given leave to remain in the UK or are awaiting the results of their application to remain in the UK or

are a resident of a European Economic Area country and has an EHIC card (European Health Insurance Card).

Even if a patient is not entitled to register as a permanent patient, the Practice will provide any patient with free health care if the treatment required is:

immediately required as a result of an accident or emergency, or

is essential treatment which cannot reasonably be delayed until the patient returns to their home country, or

is required as a result of a condition which has been exacerbated during the patients stay in the UK

Patients who do not fall into any of the above categories will not be entitled to free healthcare. However, the Practice may be able to offer treatment on a private basis.

Catchment Area

Online 'Pre-Registration' With The Practice

If you wish to pre-register click on the link below to open the form. When you have completed all of the details, click on the "Send" button to mail your form to us.

Please note that you must send us both forms.

After sending both forms you must come to the surgery to sign them and for us to confirm the details. You will not be a registered patient until this has been completed.

When you register you will also be asked to fill out a medical questionnaire. This is because it can take a considerable time for us to receive your medical records. There is an online version of this file too, which you may fill out and send to us. When you come to the surgery you will be asked to sign this form to confirm that the details are correct.

Note that by sending the form you will be transmitting information about your self across the Internet and although every effort is made to keep this information secure, no guarantee can be offered in this respect.

Alternatively you may print off a registration form, fill it out and bring it in with you on your first visit to the practice.

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups. Open the leaflets in one of the following languages

Temporary Registration

If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to register as a temporary or permanent patient.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with that practice.

To register as a temporary patient simply contact the local practice you wish to use. Practices do not have to accept you as a temporary patient although they do have an obligation to offer emergency treatment. You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.